The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-01-07
LOGAN AS AN ARMY MAN.

Gen. Philip II. Sheridan tonight gave the
following as the view of Gen Logan held by
regular army men:
l have known Gen. Logan for twenty-five
years. and am familiar with hts military career.
l have always had the very highest appreciation
Of his ability as soldier. and high regard for
war / have known him more ii Intimately
than l did during the war; because we
were not thrown together In service. Our
duties were in different fields. When he was in
the Army OF the Tennessee neither of us had
emerged, 80 to speak. and have known him
best since he was in congress- He had been
looked apon by the regular army men one of
the best soldiers tho war produced, coming from
the volunteer service. He lad the highest re-
spect of Gen. Grant and his administrative
powers and control of men entitled him TO high
rank as u military commander
WARM ADVOCATE
Gen. H. v. Boynton. who for twenty wears
past has been one of Senator Logan's warm
est defenders f.som charges made during
and since :he war regarding his connection
with Gen Thomas removal, and who has
idolized him as soldier, sends the following
to the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette to-
night:
Gen. Logan is dead. Gen. Sherman excepted
whom the years had spared has passed to his
rest In this hour those who haUe known him
through the many years of his intensely active
career turn with an exalted pride to that part
of his life which the grave can not claim, and
which Will not die 80 long as history preserves
the memory of his couhtry's supremest struggle
for nationality. This Will always form an en-
during halo around his name. In the light
which flashes from such service the contest Of
ordinary politics, end the trinmphs and the
errors OF politicians are but the fine dust in
the balance which the rushing memory of the
field sweep away, leaving nothing to obscure
the brightness which hovers in upon the vision.
The state confers honor upon politicians.
Presidents and congressmen, through the long
lines since the republic was born have been
lOnOrGU. soldiers
who confer honors upon the state itself. From
every position from that of private in the ranks
of the bloodiest and most important battle
fields of the war, Gen. Logan the typical
volunteer soldier. Full Of the cause, alive with
| enthusiasm, bold, dauntless and reckless cou1-
age OF dash1ng presence sharer in the thick
est of the fight and leader there, careful
of his men but striking at the oppor-
tune or necessary hour with the deadieSt
blows as the best means of saving life and short
ening the contest; protesting fearessly in the
but obeying to the letter if overruled; ever
wakeful, ever earnest. and ever approving with
out hesitation A., whatever means were deemed
type of the American volunteer in all the army
of the Union"
WAR AND CIVIL RECORD.
John A. Logan was born in Jackson county,
ILL.,, Feb. 8, 1926. His early life was spent
in that county, where he obtained some edu-
cation from his father and such school
teachers as chanced to teach in the district
At the outbreak of the Mexican war young
Logan volunteered and was chosen a lieu
tenant in a company of the FIRST Illinois in
fantry. AS soldier he did good service,
and was for some time adiutant of his regi-
ment. In the fall of 1S4S, upon his return
home, he commenced the study of law in the
Office of his uncle, Alexander NJ Jenkins,
formerly lieutenant governor of Illinois. In
November 1S1Q ha OIL 1lar ,,f
Jackson county. In 1850 he attended q
course of law lectures at Louisville, KY, re-
ceiving his diploma in 1851, when he
entered into practice with his uncle
The following year he was elected
prosecuting attorney of the Third
| judicial district and in the fall of the same
year he was chosen TO the state legislature,
to which position he was three times re-
elected In 1856 he was presidential elector
| on the Democratic ticket for the Ninth con-
gressional district, and voted for james Blu
chanan for president Two years later he
| was elected member of congress from the
| same district, receiving 1 s, ,S7S votes against
2,796 for Phillips, Republican At the next
election he was returned by 1,3S1 votes as
against 5,439 for Linegar, Republican. In
the campaign of 1860 he gave his ardent
support to Stephen A. Douglas
IN THE WAR.
Mr., Logan attended the called session of
congress in July, 1861, and immedi-
ately afterward joined the troops go
ing to the front He was in the first
battle of Bull Run, and among the
| to his home Sept /, he assisted in raising
troops, and Sept 13 the Thirty first regi-
ment of Illinois infantry was organized with
Logan commissioned as colonel The first
engagement in which he and his command
/ participated was the battle of Belmont,in No
| vember of the same year, when his ability as
| o commander and his dash and intrepidity,
foresha6owcd the fact that he was to play q
| conspicuous part In the operations OF the
| army. He was present at the battle Of Fort
| Donelson, where he received severe wound,
| and did not rejoin his command until some
weeks afterward. on the evening of the last
| day of the battle of Shiloh On March 3,
1862, he was made brigadier general, and
participated in the siege of Cornth as ccm-
mander Of the First brigade In Gen. Judah's
division OF the right wing of the army, and
for his valiant services WAS publicly
| thanked by Gen. Sherman in his official re-
port
When the attempt to take vicksburg be-
| gan in the fail of 1862 Gen. Logan was in
command OF the First division of the right
wing of the Thirteenth corps. On the arri-
val of the command at Memphis, Dec. 81,
| 1862, the Seventh army corps was organ
lied, and on Jan. IL, 1868, Gen. Logan was
| assigned to the Third division, in which no
siton he remained until the fall of yicks-
burg, when he was assigned to the command
| of the Fifteenth army corps. In the move
ments about Vicksburg from February, 1868,
until July 4, when Gen. Pemberton surren-
| dered, Gen. Logan with his command was
| actively engaged, and it was through num-
| ber of
| BRILLIANT MOVEMENTS
| by him that important advantages over the
enemy were gained and the final result hast
ened He was selected by Gen. Grant for
consultation during the interviews with
Gen. Pemberton looking to the terms of the
surrender, and in consideration OF his ad-
mirabc services Gen. Logan's command was
ordered to take the lead in the march into
| Vicksburg, July 4, after which he was given
the command of that post, which he re-
| tained until placed in command of the Fif-
teenth corps, Nov Ia. 1868.
| During the latter part of December and
January Gen. Logan organized an expedition
into Northern Alabama In the Atlanta cam
paign his corps was part OF McPhersons
command. which, US Gen. Sherman said, was
! the snapper to the whip with which he pro-
posed to punish the enemy. During the
movement Logan was conspicuously ut the
| front, and the forces under his immediate
command bore an important part in all ac-
| tions and maneuvers that resulted finally in
the taking possession of Atlanta and the sur
rounding strongholds of the Confederate
forces At Dallas, as at Resacca, Gen. Lo-
gnn's command was In the front. and the
desperation with which the men under him
fought showed their implicit confidence In